Ready service mechanism for a guided missile launching system



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1. AN AUTOMATIC GUIDED MISSILE HANDLING SYSTEM COMPRISING, A READY SERVICE MECHANISM FOR STORING AND SELECTIVELY CYCLING IN EITHER A CLOCKWISE OR COUNTERCLOCKWISE MANNER ONE OR A PLURALITY OF GUIDED MISSILES, WHICH PLURALITY MAY BE OF SIMILAR OR ASSORTED DIFFERENT TYPES AND SHIFTING ONE OR MORE THEREOF IN EITHER OF TWO DIRECTIONS IN EITHER ONE OR BOTH OF TWO ORDINATE PLANES AND/OR EITHER OR BOTH OF TWO ABSCISSA PLANES FOR FURTHER SELECTION OF ANY ONE OF SAID ASSORTMENT OF GUIDED MISSILES, MEANS FOR ELEVATING A SELECTED ONE OF THE MISSILES IN AN ADDITIONAL VERTICAL PLANE FROM A TRANSFER POSITION IN THE UPPERMOST OF SAID ORDINATE PLANES TO AN OVERHEAD POSITION IN SPACED ADJACENCY WITH RESPECT TO SAID TRANSFER POSITION, MEANS VERTICALLY SPACED FROM SAID READY SERVICE MECHANISM FOR SHIFTING A SELECTED ONE OF SAID ASSORTED TYPES OF GUIDED MISSILES FROM SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS OF THE READY SERVICE MECHANISM TO ADDITIONAL HANDLING APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID HANDLING SYSTEM FOR FURTHER DISPOSITION OF SAID ELEVATED GUIDED MISSILE, SAID READY SERVICE MECHANISM HAVING A PAIR OF FUNCTIONALLY INTER-RELATED COOPERATIVE LONGI- 